Source: Legendary Pictures | EW | Posted By: Dan Geer
Director Michael Dougherty’s cult Halloween-themed film Trick ‘r Treat really faced an uphill battle getting off the ground. It was hard enough convincing people that a horror anthology film was something audiences wanted, and even when the film was finally green-lit, it still only received limited theatrical distribution. It wasn’t really until it hit DVD and Blu-ray in 2009 that the film really took off. Four years later, it is already widely regarded as a cult classic.
Because of the movie’s massive following, Legendary Pictures finally announced yesterday at Beyond Fest 2013’s Trick ‘r Treat panel that the studio has decided to move forward with a sequel – something fans have been dying to see ever since the first one made itself known to the masses. Hit the jump to read what director Michael Dougherty had to say on the matter!
Revealing that they don’t even have a script yet, director Michael Dougherty still had some things to say about Trick ‘r Treat 2:
“There’s nothing I can reveal yet. It’s still really early in the process, but I can definitely say that we’ll be exploring Sam more and maybe getting into some back story of who and what he actually is.
I think we’ll shake it up a little bit. There are different archetypes I’d like to explore, different types of monsters. We covered werewolves, vampires, and zombies, but there’s a whole slew of different creatures out there that we haven’t tackled, and I think Sam would probably be pretty good buddies with. So I think it’s time to let them have their time in the sun.
I think it’d be great to make it a trilogy, at least. So fingers crossed. For me, I think every film should explore a different aspect of Halloween. I felt like the first film was the very traditional, suburban Halloween that we all have some memory of. But as I’ve grown up over the years, I’ve lived everywhere from Columbus, Ohio to New York to L.A., and I find that the holiday is very different depending on where you live. Or even time periods. I don’t see why we should be limited to just present day stories. Halloween is an amazing holiday because it evolves depending on where you live and the time period.”
Dougherty says he is keeping his fingers crossed about releasing the sequel in theaters, but we all know that with the success of the first film, and the many different ways of distribution these days, it probably won’t take long for the sequel to grow in popularity – that is, just so long as it’s a good movie (fingers crossed).
Just for fun, here’s the trailer for the first film, as well as the animated short from 1996 that inspired the film (I still think we need a full-length animated film too):
